In Retrospect I see she brought Life and death to me
To the to the to the to the
To the top (to the top) hip-hop, check it out
I'm bout to take it to the top, what?
From the start, Thought was down by law for you
It's just coffee shop chicks and white dudes
Tried to make a hit with H.E.R. but my dick went soft
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life (of my life)
To the to the to the to the
Hip-Hop
Or destiny that brings the best of me
Used to hit up every corner store wall for you
Over H.E.R. I got into it with that nigga Ice Cube
Peace to us collectively, live and direct when we perform
Hip-Hop (hip-hop) to the top (to the top) hip-hop (hip-hop)
I remember late nights, steady rockin the mic
So tell the people like that y'all (that y'all)
When I was handlin the shit I had to do
Fifth Dynamite, and it sounds alright
The Police, in her I found peace (like who?)
Speak through you, gettin paper on tour for you
Like that y'all
We bout to take it to the to the to the
Close to thirty, most of the niggaz she know is dirty
I'm bout to take you to the to the to the
To the to the to the to the
How she was desperately seekin to Organize in a Konfusion
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life and that's true
To the top, hip-hop (hip-hop) check it out
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life, what?
Seen H.E.R. on the streets of New York, trickin off
Yo, yo I was speakin, to my guy 'Riq and
As of late I realized, that this is H.E.R. fate
In the mix on tape, niggaz had her in the buff
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
I stared off the stage with my eyes closed and dove
Rockin Gazelle, goggles and Izod clothes
Bout to take you to the to the to the
Sometimes I wouldn'ta made it if it wasn't for you
It was all for you, from the door for you
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Check it out, it's like, yeah, and it's sounds alright
I'm bout to take you to the top love
To the to the to the to the, check it out
Havin more babies than Lauryn, she started showin early
To confuse the hate, with her struggle I relate
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Movin weight, losin weight, not picky - with who she choose to date
To the to the to the to the
I remember I'se a little snot-nosed
Her Daddy'll beat H.E.R., eyes all Puff-ed
Peepin out the situation I had to slide through
To the to the to the to the, yo
Usin, no protection, told H.E.R. on Resurrection
Into the deep cosmos
To the to the to the to the
To the to the to the to the check it out
To the top (to the top) hip-hop (hip-hop)
Hey, cause you the love of my life
We bout to take it to the top
To the to the to the to the, check it out, yo
Had to watch my back my front plus my sides too
It's like, word up, and it sounds nice
Yo, what? And it sounds so nice
It's like that, and it sounds so nice
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Caught in the Hype Williams, and lost H.E.R. direction
Learnin the ropes of ghetto survival
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Gettin ate in sections where I wouldn't eat H.E.R
It's like, word up, and it sounds so nice
Take it to the top, what? Hip-Hop (hip-hip)
And it sounds so nice
Hip-Hop, check it out
But before the raw live shows
Hip-Hop y'all, to the top y'all
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Ye-yeh-yo, yo, and it sounds so nice
We ripped shit, and kept it hardcore for you
What? Yeah, and it sounds so nice
The impact pushed back, the first five rows
Fifth Dynamite, and it sounds so nice
When it came to gettin mine I ain't tryin, to argue
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Like Malcolm in the East
I'm bout to take you to the to the to the
It's like God is testin me
To the to the to the to the
Hip-Hop, word up, to the top (to the top)
Hey, cause you the love of my life
We bout to take you to the top love, hip-hop (hip-hop)
Hip-Hop check it out
Hip-Hop, you the love of my life
Besides God and family, you my life's jewel
Hip-Hop (hip-hop love)
When we touch, it was more than just a fuck
The anticipation arose as time froze
To the to the to the to the
An under the counter love, so Silently I Treat H.E.R
Bout to take you to the top love
Now the fight moved to in life, makin the right moves
It's like that, what? And it sounds alright
To the to the to the to the
